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[malewife]

You should have disciplined her... Not that you can. She has a big mouth because you do.

[ Except Joonghyuk will open the door only because it would also be annoying to hear a fox scream all day. ]

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She wasn't always like this. You noticed it too, didn't you? The lack of a connection we normally have with them.

[ Anyways, door is open and she is squeezing in to softly headbump against Joonghyuk's leg before piling onto Niah in warm greeting. Dokja is obviously peeking in. Describe your room to me nerd. ]

[malewife]

... Niah acts different as well. More like a regular animal.

[ So their daemons are now Some Guy except they're still heavily bonded animals. Niah stands there as she does this and lets her finish up before he does anything.

His room is... Modern, sleek, and minimalist. From his bed, his dresser, his desk, and his wall organizer. The floor would be a dark laminated wood while the walls are white, except for jutted part of the wall where it's painted in a grey. Sometimes, you need an accent wall, even if it's just a different shade of black. There is a line of hooks on one wall just to hang bags, coats, etc. While he isn't big on unnecessary decor, there may be a monochrome painting or four with gold accents.

Aside from one comfy black ergonomic chair, there are a couple of beanbag chairs. The room is lit by a lamp on a nightstand by the bed, or the overhead lights on the ceiling. ]

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Then they must have been stripped of their abilities.

[ "Abilities." Their daemons aren't able to talk, the connection that they feel normally is gone, so there's a possibility that even if one is killed the other won't die but.. still. if anyone targets our daemons i Will cry

Once Jin is finished with her greetings, she beelines for those beanbag chairs to plop on. This is her spot now. Dokja takes it in curiously before looking back to Joonghyuk. ]

It's a bit different compared to my own room. Whose suite are you connected to?

[malewife]

[ Unfortunately for both of them, they're still thinking about Daemon things. Niah follows, but doesn't do much aside from nose her fur, mostly sniffing. ]

Bradley Bain. [ ... ] The man Nero Turner spoke of ambivalently and passionately. It depended on the day.

You are with Kocho Shinobu.

[ OF COURSE HE CHECKED. ]

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[ Jin will shower Niah with affection in the ways of licking at his own fur. And his muzzle. ]

I made that connection the other day. Seems like he tends to be left on read by Nero.

[ oh ] That's right, Jin seems to like her. [ but also jin is just friendly and a wh*re for pets. ] She seems to prefer to keep to herself so.

[ it works out? ]

[malewife]

[ Niah in return takes her muzzle into his, like those wolf pictures where one silences the other. ]

Nero Turner prefers not talking about him and wants nothing to do with him, despite his actual feelings. We'll see if he's a lost cause.

[ Joonghyuk has decided he will be judge. ]

Bradley Bain harassed me.

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[ Jin whines (muffled) at that. Why must you be so mean. Except her tails are wagging away. ]

He seems interesting enough.

[ /j ]

How? [ this is a look of doubt. you tend to be the harasser, good sir ]

[malewife]

[ It's wolf habits. This is how dogs communicate. ]

He didn't knock before entering the bathroom.

[ He may be withholding the details that may matter here. Dokja may be right? Maybe? ]

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[ Stinky. Jin baps softly with a paw. ]

Were you showering? Did he catch you undressing?

[ Dokja is just. amused. This is funny. ]

[malewife]

I was standing in front of the door.

[ Joonghyuk is obviously in the wrong here. ]

[afterword]

How is it harassing if you're just standing there?

[ sir? ]

[malewife]

For seemingly regular rooms where you know people are residing, you should always knock.

[ Harassment. ]

... I slipped something about Nero and he chased me to my room.

[afterword]

I see.

[ he doesn't. ]

Should've have been fine. Hua Cheng mentioned nobody can enter your room through the shared bathroom unless given permission.

[malewife]

[ A nod since yeah. Bradley couldn't go through. Vampire rules. ]

He still tried to talk to me through the door.

[ It's funny Joonghyuk is judging someone's divorce while they're in one. ]

[afterword]

He was probably just excited you've met with him.

[ Dokja has no clue what happened in their interactions. Anyways, he takes a seat. Don't mind if he gets comfortable, ex-husband. ]

[malewife]

Overexcited. He's clingy.

[ When he sees Dokja sit down in his beanbag chair or his regular chair, he obviously leers at him.

Displeased. ]

[afterword]

They are close after all.

[ close divorcees. anyways Jin is in a beanbag, Dokja is in a chair. they are both comfortable. he does smile over at him. ]

Happy with your room?

[malewife]

The electronics are plastic replicas.

[ OF COURSE HE ISN'T. He wasn't even getting angry over his room, but more that Dokja is making himself at home without asking, but now he's angry about his room. ]

[afterword]

The books in my room are fake too.

[ you are so mad and for what. ] At least you don't have to sleep outdoors anymore.

[malewife]

If they were real, you wouldn't leave your room.

[ THE ELECTRONICS ARE FAKE? He has every right to be mAD? ]

Outdoors or indoors, it's still dangerous.

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It depends on the story. ..Could mention something useful. Some of the libraries in the other worlds we visited did.

[ OKAY. ]

We should be fine for now. Might be different when Thursday comes along.

[malewife]

If it’s the same system, yes.

[ He takes no comfort in magical censoring locks. ]

Jason Todd had told me he saw bodies drop nearly every day. His excursion lasted only a week.

[afterword]

A week? I heard some had two weeks... [ but ] and there's someone that had two separate experiences. Their second one was more similar to what's happening here.

[ Leans back in chair, humming. ]

So it's possible this could happen again in the future too. [ THREE murdergames? it might be more likely than you think. ] Not to mention there are possible alternate timelines as well. Someone recognized Hua Cheng from their own experience that did not tie with our own.

[malewife]

The Alphinaud Leveilleur here is not the same that we know. Lup and Mollymauk Tealeaf look similar to people we've seen during our time under the angels as well.

[ So he gets the Hua Cheng phenomenon. ]

The one that said their second experience is more like this—who is it?

[ He must know, even though he is becoming more irritated with Dokja in his room. ]